Step 12 : Apology Accepted

This has been such a great first meeting, guys, I have to say.
You guys were really really stellar.
Fantasic. Rad.
Whatever the kids are saying nowadays.
It's lit.
So it almost feels like there's a new breath of fresh air,
we're talking about all these pinpoint places of perception
and how we feel about it.
When you walk out of the home that you're at,
who are you?
This is the conclusion, at this point.
Tomorrow might be a little ******* different,
but who are you and can you accept it?

I think, um... for me personally,
I think it's, I had to learn that acceptance is really the first step of freedom.
I feel like we're plagued by so much on a daily basis.
We're exposed to so much on a daily basis.
We're taught so many things that we have to live up to,
whether it's friends or whether it's family
or it's society's expectations, or it's the things that we tell ourselves,
because of the things that we're going after.
That means so much to us.
We're dreamers.
We're people who aren't afraid to step outside of
the confines that people or society tell us.
And so we create our own reality,
and we have to live up to our reality.
And for me personally,
I... I had to learn that accepting these things that I was going through,
these issues that I had was the first step to healing.
You know, it's not enough for me personally to,
to sit in these emotions and these things that I'm dealing with.
It's not enough for me to say
oh man I have this issue and it's ****** up,
I'm always giving myself to other people
or I'm always sacrificing something
or I feel guilty because I'm taking time for myself.
It's not enough for me to just live in these emotions anymore,
like, I have to ******* heal.
You know what I mean?
And I think that's what it's about.
It's like... when are we gonna get to a point
where it's no longer enough to just feel?
To just be in that moment.
How do we get to a moment where we can accept the ****
that we're ******* going through so we can heal.
And I think that's, that's where I am.
Like I need to accept this ****.
'Cause I'm done just feeling.
Done just being in this emotion.
Done just going through these things.
It's time to ******* heal.
So I can heal somebody else,
because that's what life is about

Snaps

Like I said, this has probably been
one of the best, on record, meetings that we've had here.
We'll have some pamphlets of information in the back
if you wanna chit-chat and exchange some information.
We'll be happy to do that